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Beech Grove officials credit ALICE training, SRO lessons and targeted outreach for attendance gains
Summary
Safety drills, ALICE training in every building and increased SRO classroom lessons are part of a broader effort administrators say helped raise district attendance from 89.79% in 2021 to 92.48% as of March 5, 2025; district leaders described new data tools, home visits and early interventions to sustain gains.
Beech Grove City Schools administrators told the board on March 11 that a combination of safety planning and targeted attendance work is paying off and will be expanded next year.
"We have every kid now that knows where a safe spot is to go," Chad Mann, the district's state testing coordinator and safe schools specialist, said as he summarized safety work that began in 2021. Mann described districtwide ALICE training, building-level rally-point drills and detailed reunification plans that were used during a prior chemical incident at the high school.
Mann said the district has formalized safety walks and secured-entry checks each morning, and…
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